Andy T's 1/72 Takom M1070

[Mini Me]

Nice progress Andy.:thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Seated by Mick and Rick I’ve seen this Model before and almost pulled the trigger on it but ran away in fear of those small parts. I’m glad to see you build this great updates.

[Andy T]

Thanks Rick & Lee.

There's been a bit more progress even though my shed is hotter than the sun! I keep taking regular "refreshment" breaks which may be why it seems to be going so well - no fear and beer goggles :smiling5:

Winch section is finished. I added some 0.4mm wire to the drums, even though its hardly visible





The door mirrors were a laugh. 2 PE and one plastic part each. I'll attempt a bit of clean up once they're solid but won't lose sleep over it if I can't



And that's the build phase complete. It's only mocked up so that I can break it down for painting. Can't wait to get masking those windows lol

[David Lovell]

Love it Andy she's a thing of beauty, love all things 72nd, keep it coming. Dave

[scottie3158]

Andy,
looking great a nicely detailed build for its scale.

[Si Benson]

Your making a cracking job of getting this together Andy :thumb2:

[outrunner]

Marvelous work Andy, too wee for me though.

Andy.

[Mickc1440]

That’s a very impressive looking model Andy

[Andy T]

Thanks everyone.

I may get some primer on this before I start building the trailer. Maybe even get the interior painted & buttoned up.

Paint is a sore point. I wanted to try something different on this but I couldn't work out which colours I needed in S M S, and MRP would have meant ordering from a few different places due to the usual stock problems, so I'm sticking with the old reliable Mr Color as I bought their NATO colour set recently.

Still not sure I'm up to a 3 colour scheme in 1/72. I've seen the amazing Plasmo / David Damek do it with stencils but I'm far from his level! If the updates suddenly stop you'll know the answer :smiling5:

[Andy T]

Interior painted and then buttoned up before I took a picture of it :rolling:



I've made a start on the trailer which seems to be an exercise in "let's see how high we can get the parts count" . I've added 32 parts to this deck (should have been 33 but lost one!) but I'm sure it could have been moulded in. Mostly tie downs and chocks I believe.



The underside is going to be similar. These parts are very fragile and I held my breath when snipping them from the sprue. Nicely detailed but will be almost completely hidden by the wheels so I'm not going to risk breakage by cleaning them up much



Talking of wheels they are probably on the agenda for tomorrow. All 40 of the little darlings!

[Ian M]

Looking very nice.
Must confess I saw the 135 scale off this truck and trailer on offer for a great price but where to put it...

[Jim R]

That is really stunning for a 1/72 model. Many manufacturers equate a high parts count with excellent detail. That isn't always true but here Takom seem to have pulled it off.

[Andy T]

Thanks, yes it's turning out to be a well designed and detailed kit.

I'll have to put some thought into painting all of those wheels and I can't imagine I'll get all 40 to touch the ground with so little weight, but I will find a solution.

[Gern]

Well at least you got separate tyres so painting them should be simple. Good luck with getting them level.

The more I look at this, the more tempted I am so it's a good job pennies are a little tight at the moment else I'd have another big box to add to my collection!

[Andy T]

For the price I'm more than happy Dave. The "value for money", as in modelling hours, is great when you think it's pretty much 3 detailed kits in the box.

I wanted to get the bed fixed to the spine this morning. We're off doing the rounds gardening for elderly relatives today so it'll have a good few hours to set up.

With multiple tabs to fit into tight slots it was a bit of a wrestle. Get some in and others pop out. I didn't want a bowed load surface though so persevered, and once all the tabs were in place the fit was as perfect as you could expect.

I clamped it up to make sure nothing moved and applied the slower TET everywhere.



A couple more pieces to add when we return then it's on to the wheels. I reckon I'll spray them on the sprue first to make life much easier!